I do not usually enter product reviews, excellent or terrible, even if Amazon is the house we primarly buy … well everything.But I feel the need to enter here to say how much buying this product has been the best choice we made. This morning my son stopped breathing in his take a nap while both of us were asleep. The snuza alarm went off and woke us up instantly – we were both a the crib instantly. The baby was not breathing, he probably went into deep take a nap – we managed to quickly wake him up and all is fine… but I am so grateful for the Snuza. It’s priceless to us. I don’t even want to reckon about what could have happend if we did not have it.

My son has worn this every night since he was about two months (he is now 5 months ancient). Anyways, I forgot to place it on him tonight and in an afterthought I unbuttoned his pajamas and clipped it to his diaper. After I fell asleep, I heard it beat which is the warning sign to “wake the baby up” before the alarm goes off. I thought it was a stroke of luck (although it has never happened before) and I took it off and repositioned it so it was snug. Quick forward to 4:30 am — I am in a dead take a nap when I hear an alarm. I first reckon it’s my alarm clock but I quickly realize what it really was. I yelled out my sons name double right in front if him, no response. I then commence to shake him at his belly double in a quick paced motion… No response and I couldn’t notice any breathing, then FINALLY (it was probably a total of 10 seconds after the alarm -but it felt like an eternity to me) a BREATH (it was very nearly a gasp) — the most lovely breath I have ever felt and heard since the time he was born. I then fell apart just bawling and shaking and thanking God for letting me keep my son. A son that has changed my life in every incredible way possible. I’m not sure if he would’ve started breathing over again on his own or not, but I am thankful for the Snuza tonight as well just so I know it happened and I can go get a thorough examination performed on him tomorrow. What a way to wake up, I feel exhausted, yet I know I won’t take a nap. :(. But yes, sorry I got into a rant, but moral of this tale: I highly, highly, HIGHLY recommend this product!!

I’m a physician and I questioned several of my pediatrician friends what they thought about movement monitors and pretty much got a neutral response from everyone.

My husband and I were looking for a record/audio monitor and came across Angelcare and bought that for her crib.

But, when she got sick with a cold and we needed to have her sleeping upright, we had a dilemma since the movement monitor wasn’t portable. My husband really came across Snuza because it was portable and we chose to go ahead and hold it despite my daughter not having any of the risk factors for SIDs.

Thank goodness we did. Since purchasing it, it has gone off double, and neither occasion was it a mistaken alarm. It was really the night before she got sick both times. I believe she had so much drainage that she wasn’t able to clear and she had a respiratory pause. After the first time (which occurred because the Snuza was still on despite her being in her crib because we didn’t want to undo the swaddle) we use the Snuza at night as well.

Both times the Snuza went off before the Angelcare. We never had a mistaken alarm with the Angelcare. The Snuza does have mistaken alarms if it comes off the diaper, but this has only happened like 2-4 times and it is during the day when she is active.

Since both alarms, I send the Snuza with her to daycare. No one knows what causes SIDs, but both times, the Snuza went off when she was alseep and was when she got sick overnight and congested. Pretty much she went to take a nap fine and woke up sick so there was no way as a parent I would have known to be on alert. But, after both times I suctioned her out and had her take a nap sitting up without any more alarms.

I had the Angelcare, but Snuza gives me peace of mind, especially since the two events and her being in daycare. With 20% of SIDs occurring when a baby is being watched by a provider, it gives me peace of mind when I send it with her to daycare each day. I would recommend this to anyone. I’m not a pediatrician, but in my limited experience with my daughter, I would highly recommend a Snuza to any parent.